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Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.

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It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
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Infrastructure Man Wall
He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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Difficult Graduation Himself School Success
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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Desire Issues Success Thinking
The secret of freedom, courage.
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Courage Freedom One Liner Secret
It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.
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Concession Human Nature People Rule Treat
Still hope leads men to venture; and no one ever yet put himself in peril without the inward conviction that he would succeed in his design.
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Design Hope Man Misery Success
They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.
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Brave Dangerous Happiness Pain Spirit
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Courage Deep Freedom Happiness
So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.
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Acceptance Hands Man Search Trouble Truth
Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Knowledge Understand Wasted
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
Hope, danger’s comforter.
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Comfortable Dangerous Hope
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Acceptance Strong Weakness
When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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Blame Dangerous Interest
For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.
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Action Learning Safety Training True
Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
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Equality Power Question Right Strong Suffering Weakness World

Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.

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